Detachable collar-supporter.



PATENTED APR. 23, 1907.

R. M. DEAN. DETAGHABLE COLLAR SUPPORTER.

APPLIOATION FILED $176.30. 1906.

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ROBERT M. DEAN, OF WAKEFIELD, Abifih'dtflll'Sli'Flb.

DETACHABLE COLLAR-SUPPORTER- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 23, 1807.

Appl cation filed August 30,1906. Serial No. 332,616.

To It w/w'm/ 1'1 may concern:

Beit known that ROBERT M. DEAN, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of \Vakefield, county of Middlesex, State of Massachusetts,have invented an Improvement in Detachable Collar Supporters orStiifeners, of which the following description, in connection with theaccom )anying drawings, is a specification, like ietters on the drawingsrepresenting like parts.

This invention has for its object the production of a sim )le, andefficient device to support and s'titien or hold extended light and thinfabric used as wearing apparel, and it is particularly adapted for usein Isupport in and stiffening lace or other thin fabric coTlars worn bywomen.

The sup orting and still'cning device is readily an quickly applied toor detached from the fabric, and I have provided means to preventaccidental detachment of the supporter.

The novel features of my in vention will be fully described in thesubjoined specification and particularly pointed out in the followingclaims.

Figure l is a plan view of a supporter or stiffener embodying one formof my inven-' tion; Fig. 2 is a side cicvation thereof, the body and oneof the attaching devices being shown in section at one end; Fig. 3 is anunder side view of one of the ends of thebody. to show the manner inwhich the rong is sccured to the body; Fig. 4 is a the blank from whichthe attaching device or prong is formed; Fig. 5 is an edge view of amodification to be described Figs. 6, 7 and 8 are plan views showingmodified forms of attaching prongs, the prong in each of suchmodifications having two points to enter the fabric; Fig. 9 is asectional detail showing the supporter applied thereto.

- In accordance with my present invention the supporter or stiffenercomprises a thin,

resilient and flexible body, an attaching prong mounted at or near the.end thereof with its pointed end ontturned-and adapted to be detachablyinserted in the fabric, and a retaining device to prevent accident alwit hdrawal of the prong from the fabric I prefer to make the body as athin, flat strip a of flexible and resilient material of light weight,such as celluloid, of the proper length, and at or near each end of thebody an attaching prong is secured.

an view of tion illustrated in Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4, 1 stamp or die outof thin spring metal. such as brass, a blank of snbstantiallythe shapeshown in Fig. -l. the sidc portions 1), I) being b nt over along thedotted lines. the tail l1 bcing bent up and over upon itself to form atransverse projection 1;", Figs. 1 and 2. The pointed extension or prongIf" is bent o\cl' as shown in Fig. 2, and the base of the prong ispassed up through a suitable cross slit in the body a, while the sideportions 1) are pushed down through longitudinal slits in the body. Saidportions are then bent over upon the ad acent ace of the body, see Fig.I). holding the attaching prong lirmly in place on the opposite face ofthe body, the outlnrncd point of the prong extending nearly to the endof the body. The prong is given a slight bend at '3, sec Fig. 2. justabove the projection b the spring of the prong normally holding the bend.3 pressed onto the projection.

When the prong is inserted in the fabric F, Fig. 9, the fabric passesbetween and beyond the bend 2 and projection I)", said parts then comingtogether again and serving to close the space between the body and thefree end of the prong, retaining the fabric from accidental removal.

By means of the retaining device the su porter cannot become displacedaccidental y by movements of the wearer, but the )rong can be withdrawnfrom the fabric oniy by positive cll'orl directed thereto.

in the modification Fig. 5 the prong c is given an inward bend at 3, thespring or elasticity of the prong normally )ressing the bend against theadjacent face 0 the body a, the bend acting as the retaining or lockingdevice for the fabric, and dis ensing with a co-operating projection asin igs. 1 and 2. This construction is readily adapted to be made ofwire, the pron being secured to .the body by the base 0 an overturnedtail The prong in Fig. 6 is made of sheet metal, as in Figs. 1 and 2,but is bifurcated to form two extensions or points d (1", preferablyslightly bent as described of the prong b to normally co-operate withthe transverse projection (F, which latter corresponds to the projectionb, Fig. 2.

In Fig. 7 a double-pointed attaching prong is shown, made of a (piece ofspring wire pointed at its ends an bent to )resent the extensions e e,which normally canon the transverse projection e on the same side ofReferring to the embodiment of my invenl the body a. The. dotted lines eshow tie ill bending of the wire between. the bases of the extensions eend the projection 6 such dotted portion of the Wire being on theopposite side of the body.

A Wire attaching device is shown in another form inFig. 8, thedoubie-pointed prong being formed by the extensions 3 f which are bentat 5 toward each other and while the wire is extended across theadjacent face of the body a. at f it does not necessarily-enoge theprong extensions, for the intm'ned ends 5 me. the tierethepoints beyondsuch' bendsseet to; prevent accidental with drewel of the nrong from thefabric. In this modification the function of the: srt f is'to hold theprong securely on the b0 y.

T0 attach the supper-ten the prong-ht one end of the. body is insertedin the fabric, and the body is som whet bent or iiiexed b0 shorten thedistance between its-ends -w-here upon the other prong is inserted thefabric and :the body, released by the fingere,

streightens out and holds the: fabric flat end distended. The sup )orteris :removed by bending the boc y mi positively pulling the fabricofi'fr'om'one prong, post the rota-wing device, and then in like moimerdetaohing the other prong.

hieving -=fuiiy described. :my invention,

what I eisim'esnew ee'id desire to secure by.

eenere jecent eirtremity thereof, and a. locking projection-tonormally-engage each prong near the fabric, to preyent accidentalithdrawal of the rong from the fabric, the resiliency of the bodycausing it to hold separated the engege'd ortions of the fabric afterbending of the bony to insert the ron s into the fabric.

'2: In a device of te c ess'described, an elongated, thin end flatflexible, resilient body, :1 doublepointedspring metal prong mounted oneach end of the body, having its i points outturned, and adapted to bedetachm inserted in the i'ebric to be supported, end-e retaining orlooking projection to norme lly engege 'eeoh prong near the. free: endsor points thereof :prevent .ecoidentel xvi thdrawai ofa prong from thefabric.

3. In a device of 'the cless describedfen elongated, tbinjand fiat,flexible, :resilient body, a. springemetal, pointed prong mounted onsee-h end of the body, end a-de ted to be deteohebiyinser'ted inendpasse through fabric to be supported, and retaining or locking meansintegral with each rong and normeliy engaging the serne near t e freeend or point thereof tozpreventneccidental Withdrawal K of the pnongfrom the fabric, the prongs being oppositely aturned. on their ointsnear theodjecent extremity of the body, said points always lying on'thesame side of thebody.

intestimonywhereof, I have signedmy name to this s aecification, in the.presence of. two subscribing witnesses.

I :ROBERT .MJBEAN;

Witnesses.

Mons," C.-EDWARD, zfirorziiennn .R. .Monmsoni its free end or point,efter its passage through

